In one of those weird coincidences, while NZ health authorities were circling around that cool store at the centre of our latest outbreak I was...
Of historical but also current interest. Article based on as yet unpublished research. For context, the population back the was about 1.6...
Patients were involved in reviewing this prior to publication. One of them was Paul Garner - I don't recognise any of the other names - he may...
More discussion on the same topic and links to some other scales (both PEM and more general ones):...
There was an interview on NZ radio today. No mention of ME. Part of it about the long hauler phenomenon that hasn't had much media attention in NZ...
Genomic epidemiology reveals transmission patterns and dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in Aotearoa New Zealand Jemma L Geoghegan et al Preprint Aug 2020...
This may account for the fact that nearly 20% did not report PEM. At least this was recorded and it turns out that the non-PEM cases cluster in...
Weird phrasing all right. Based on the article it looks like something got lost in translation between mental concept and the written expression...
The local paper has picked up on it, a rare occurrence as they usually ignore ME but with an added Covid19 twist it seems ME is interesting after...
Fortunately it seems likely that both were the sort of cases who get infected, recover, but then test positive again months later because their...
Amy Proal interviews Mike VanElzakker about his work, mainly about how neuroimaging works, what it can and cannot do. Also some discussion about...
While I don't find this hypothesis overly convincing it should be able to be easily tested. Do large numbers of vit D tests on people testing...
The answer to the question of when do I use pacing is: always, all the time. I view pacing as a preventative measure, albeit an imperfect one....
We also discussed pacing in this members only thread: https://www.s4me.info/threads/feedback-please-draft-info-sheets-pem-pacing.13712/ This led...
Interesting study that throws up more questions than it answers. Real pity they didn't retest after a few hours or the next day. I don't think...
Trying to figure out the significance of these findings. Basically the paper shows that a lot of people have been exposed to CMV, HHV6 and EBV in...
Pain made objectively visible on a scan? Abstract Objectives: Pain is the most common reason to seek medical attention worldwide. The chronic...
I'm inclined to agree with @Jonathan Edwards on this (though the language is so dense I couldn't be sure). The article looks at how the terms...
The original translates as "pain in the body" but "evil in the body" is so much more apt! :rofl:
Yes, and it would be farcical if it wasn't so serious. No community transmission (that we know of) but we've had 4 escapees from...
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